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I have had 5 people with with RSD in the past 2 years. 2 children who healed fairly quickly (they were treated in the early stages). The adults have taken longer and really have had to work more consistently at healing. The 3 adults have made progress. One of the adults, just yesterday, is once again dating, smiling, off of prescription meds and looking forward to life.
These particular clients had emotional issues that were related to the injury or were going on before the injury. All of them needed those emotional issues to be released. Pain management skills were important but even more so, regaining a positive attitude was essential as well as daily stress management. Depression and anxiety need to be dealt with and we hypnotherapists can really help here. I had them listen to my hypnosis stress management CD every day or as often as possible. (that would vary indeed). I like to individualize healing images, as I feel whatever sparks their emotion image is the one to use.
Early intervention is better than late, as the RSD tends to spread and you can get severe muscle changes. During the atrophic stage, the skin becomes cool and shiny, increased muscle stiffness and weakness occur, and symptoms often spread to another limb. Skin, muscle, and bone atrophy are possible complications of RSD. The nerves also seem to get caught in a chronic pain loop if waiting too long.
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